39th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180272613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLE BY FUSION OF A POWDERED MEDIUM IN A POWDER BED - Methods and apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article in which a powdered medium is distributed in a powder bed, heated to a temperature below its melting point, and fused by means of a laser beam projected in the form of an image of a cross section of the three-dimensional article. The image of the cross-sectional layer is created by spatial light modulation of the laser beam using an LCoS display. During the fabrication process, characteristics of the image of the cross-sectional layer are controlled through monitoring of the projection of a holographic representation of the image using one or more imaging devices. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272614 | OPTICAL DEVICE PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DEVICE PRODUCTION METHOD - An optical device production apparatus includes: an manufacturing head that manufactures an optical device by successively building layers of optical material; and a controller that acquires a result of measurement of an optical performance of an optical system including the optical device manufactured. The controller controls the manufacturing head to terminate manufacturing the optical device on the condition that the result of measurement acquired by the controller meets a predetermined condition. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272615 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION OBJECT AND METHOD OF CREATING DATA FOR SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION OBJECT - A method of manufacturing a solid freeform fabrication includes forming a liquid film constituting a model part and a detail part with a model part forming material and a detail part forming material, respectively, curing the liquid film, repeating the forming and the curing, wherein the model part includes one or more surfaces without a support and the detail part is disposed adjacent to at least one of the one or more surfaces. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272616 | Method for Assembling Tubular Joining Sleeve and a Conduit Lining Tube by Laser Welding - The present invention relates to a method and to a device for assembling together two tubes ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180272617 | SEAL DEVICE - A seal device includes a medium passage that sends a heating medium to a sealing units, the medium passage includes a heating medium passage portion for sending a heating medium to said communication part so as to heat the pressing part, a cooling medium passage portion for sending a cooling medium to the communication part so as to cool the pressing part, and a passage switch unit that switches between a state in which the heating medium passage portion and the communication part are connected, and a state in which the cooling medium passage portion and the communication part are connected. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272618 | ULTRASONIC WELDING OF DISSIMILAR SHEET MATERIALS - A ultrasonic welding method of joining dissimilar-material workpieces, such as sheet materials, and the joined components formed thereby. The method includes applying ultrasonic energy to a thermoplastic piece to fill a hole of a dissimilar piece to form a weld point that is made up with polymer from the thermoplastic piece. In general, the geometry of the thermoplastic piece is not altered during the process. The dissimilar piece generally has a higher melting temperate and can be metal, thermoset polymers, or other thermoplastic material. The welded pieces can be arranged in a lap, laminate, or double lap configuration. In some embodiments, the hole of the dissimilar sheet material includes undercut features that improve the mechanical interlock between the dissimilar pieces. In some embodiments, the weld point has a mushroom cap to improve mechanical interlock. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272619 | METHODS FOR JOINING POLYMERIC COMPOSITES USING A HYBRID FRICTION/ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE FOR ACHIEVING DESIRED WELD CHARACTERISTICS - A method for use in efficiently joining together multiple workpieces to inhibit establishment of weld material in unwanted areas. The method uses a hybrid shaping-and-energizing system having a shaping tool and an ultrasonic horn. The method positions the hybrid shaping-and-energizing system proximate a workpiece, uses the shaping tool to form at least one recess in the proximate workpiece, and applies weld energy to the proximate workpiece using the ultrasonic horn. The recess is formed and the weld energy applied such that molten workpiece material becomes disposed within the recess, thereby inhibiting formation of weld material in the unwanted areas. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272620 | SEALING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a sealing device ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180272621 | TIP-LOADED MICRONEEDLE ARRAYS FOR TRANSDERMAL INSERTION - A method of forming a microneedle array can include forming a microneedle array that has one or more bioactive component. The microneedle array can include a base portion and plurality of microneedles extending from the base portion, and the one or more bioactive components are present in a higher concentration in the plurality of microneedles than in the base portion. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272622 | PRINTING MULTICOLORED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRODUCTS - A method and apparatus are provided for printing multicolored three-dimensional objects. The method includes: selectively exposing a photosensitive thermoplastic feedstock to light within an extrusion nozzle, the feedstock comprising a thermoplastic base mixed with a photosensitive material; extruding the exposed feedstock into a deposit to print an object; and photo-chemically developing the deposit to provide color to the deposit. An apparatus is provided for three-dimensional printing with an extrusion nozzle including a light exposing component for selectively exposing the photosensitive thermoplastic feedstock to light within the extrusion nozzle. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272623 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING NOZZLE STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional printing nozzle structure including a heater, a nozzle, a feed tube and a baffle member is provided. The heater has a first through hole. The nozzle is connected to the heater and has a second through hole. The feed tube passes through the first through hole and has a feed channel. The first through hole, the second through hole and the feed channel are aligned with each other. A filament moves along the feed channel to pass through the heater. The heater heats and melts the filament, and the filament that has been melted moves from the feed channel into the second through hole to be extruded. The baffle member is disposed inside the first through hole and located between the feed channel and the second through hole. The baffle member is configured to adjust a degree of communication between the feed channel and the second through hole. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272624 | 3D PRINTING DEVICE AND RESUME PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A 3D printing device and a resume printing method thereof are provided. The method includes: executing printing commands sequentially to control a print head for printing; obtaining a first printing command executed when a printing interruption occurs, and resuming printing according to the first printing command. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272625 | FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC MOLDED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC MOLDED ARTICLE - [Objective] | 2018-09-27 |
20180272626 | TEXTILE SUBSTRATE MADE OF REINFORCEMENT FIBRES - A textile substrate made from reinforcing fibers for the production of composite-material preforms, Including an unidirectional composite consisting of at least one flat layer of multifilament reinforcing yarns arranged alongside and parallel to one another and joined by transverse threads, whereby a nonwoven of thermoplastic polymer material is arranged on the at least one flat layer of multifilament reinforcing yarns and is adhesively bonded to the flat layer of multifilament reinforcing yarns. The textile substrate wherein the transverse threads have a core/sheath structure with a first component forming the sheath and a second component forming the core, wherein the first component has a lower melting point than the second component, the first component is a fusible thermoplastic polymer material and the multifilament reinforcing yarns arranged alongside one another are joined together via the first component of the transverse threads by meltbonding. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272627 | LAY-UP HEAD - There is provided a lay-up head ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180272628 | RESIN INFUSION PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES - A resin infusion method that incorporates a melt-on-demand approach. The method includes: (a) providing a curable resin composition in the form of a block of frozen resin ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180272629 | METHODS OF MAKING A SPECIMEN WITH A PREDETERMINED WRINKLE DEFECT - In a first aspect, there is a method of making a specimen with a predetermined wrinkle defect, the steps including orienting a composite material around a layup tool at a wrap angle to form a closed loop; and generating at least one wrinkle with a predetermined characteristic in a portion of the closed loop to form a specimen. The predetermined characteristic is at least one of the following: wrinkle location, an outward wrinkle, an inward wrinkle, a wrinkle width, a wrinkle height, and a wrinkle length. In another aspect, there is a method of determining allowable defects for a composite component. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272630 | Method for Manufacturing Composite Structure - A metal plate, a fabric formed of reinforcing fibers, and thermosetting adhesives are layered on each other in a die in a die clamping direction. The thermosetting adhesives are forced to enter the fabric by clamping the die to produce a fiber reinforced plastic material with the thermosetting adhesives therein being in an uncured state. At the same time, the fiber reinforced plastic material is molded into a shape specified by the die. The thermosetting adhesives are allowed to cure in the die to cure the molded fiber reinforced plastic material, and the fiber reinforced plastic material and the metal plate are bonded each other. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272631 | APPARATUS FOR SEALING AND INFLATING MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES - A device for sealing and inflating motor vehicle tires, wherein the device has, in a housing, a compressor which is driven by a motor, preferably an electric motor, and which serves for generating the sealing or pump pressure, and the device has a connector for a sealant container, a valve and distributor unit for sealant and pressurized gas, and furthermore connecting means such as hoses and lines, and also switching, control and display devices for the operation of the device, wherein the device furthermore comprises a manually actuatable pressure discharge valve for decreasing the tire pressure, wherein the pressure discharge valve is configured such that, when the sealant container is connected and/or during the delivery of sealant from the sealant container into the tire, an actuation, or a dissipation of the pressure, is prevented. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272632 | APPARATUS FOR THE THERMAL CURING OF A LENS-FORMING MATERIAL - An apparatus for the thermal curing of a lens-forming material contained in a lens mold to form an ophthalmic lens comprises:
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20180272633 | Methods And Systems For Making An Optical Functional Film - A method to make dyed functional film comprising the steps of providing a soluble polymer material; adding an appropriate solvent to the polymer material to make a soluble polymer solution; providing a soluble dye; adding an appropriate solvent to the dye to make a soluble dye solution; adding the dye solution to the polymer or PVA solution, and introducing the dyed polymer or PVA solution to a solution casting device; removing a thin dyed functional film from the casting device; and letting the dyed functional film dry and solidified. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272634 | Substrate Pretreatment for Reducing Fill Time in Nanoimprint Lithography - A nanoimprint lithography method includes disposing a pretreatment composition on a substrate to form a pretreatment coating. The pretreatment composition includes a polymerizable component. Discrete imprint resist portions are disposed on the pretreatment coating, with each discrete portion of the imprint resist covering a target area of the substrate. A composite polymerizable coating is formed on the substrate as each discrete portion of the imprint resist spreads beyond its target area. The composite polymerizable coating includes a mixture of the pretreatment composition and the imprint resist. The composite polymerizable coating is contacted with a template, and is polymerized to yield a composite polymeric layer on the substrate. The interfacial surface energy between the pretreatment composition-and air exceeds the interfacial surface energy between the imprint resist and air or between at least a component of the imprint resist and air. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A CONVEYOR BELT - The invention relates to a method for making conveyor belts in an apparatus having a vulcanizing press. The method minimizes the press opening times and the throughput of the press is thus optimized. With the method, a check is made during the method whether a conveyor belt blank is present for vulcanizing in the press, and depending on the information from this check, the decision is made as to how far the press opens the press plates. Here, an operating open position and a full opening of the press are provided. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272636 | PRESSURIZATION APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FAULTY FORMATION PATTERN OF TIRE - A pressurization apparatus for preventing faulty formation of patterns of a tire includes a push part for pressing the upper surface of a green tire and fixing the green tire and configured to be separated at the center and located under an upper plate with closely contact with the upper plate; an upper plate formed on the upside of the push part; a press part being located under the upper plate and coupled with the external sides thereof; a pattern part formed to contact the inner surface of the press part and operated to slide and move up or down; and a support part placed under the green tire to contact with the lower surface of the green tire and to support the green tire. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272637 | HYBRID SIPES AND METHODS FOR FORMING A TIRE TREAD - The present invention includes tire treads having a plurality of lateral voids and methods of forming a tire tread having a plurality of lateral voids. The lateral voids of the tire treads each have a length extending primarily in the lateral direction of the tread, and where each of the plurality of lateral void features include a groove portion ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180272638 | TIRE VULCANIZATION BLADDER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR BLADDER - A rubber composition for a bladder used for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanizing tire, in which 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended in 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and a method for manufacturing a bladder for vulcanization of tires characterized in that the bladder for vulcanization of tires is manufactured by an extrusion molding and an injection molding of a rubber composition for a bladder, in the rubber composition for a bladder, 1 to 5 parts by mass of a polymer having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 1,000,000 or more is blended with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing butyl rubber as a main component, and the injection molding of the rubber composition for a bladder is carried out while performing vacuum suction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272639 | MOLDING ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A NOISE REDUCING TREAD - The present disclosure provides a molding element for a mold used for manufacturing a tread of a tire having a plurality of contacting element, a plurality of grooves and a connecting member connecting two side faces of adjacent contacting elements, the molding element having a molding surface and a rib for forming the groove between adjacent contacting elements, at least two rib side faces, the rib having a notching portion, a guiding member made of a material different from a material of the molding element being received in the notching portion and has two opposite side faces and a top face, the material of the guiding member having a modulus at 10% elongation lower than that of the molding element, the guiding member having a guiding slit, the guiding member has a recessed area extending in a direction along the guiding slit on the top face and an outermost portion of the guiding slit is open in the recessed area. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272640 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RUBBER MEMBER - An apparatus of manufacturing a rubber member includes an extruder; a mouthpiece; and a support surface which faces the mouthpiece in an opposed manner. The support surface and the mouthpiece are moved relative to each other thus molding a rubber member on the support surface. The apparatus further includes: a rubber pool portion formed between the mouthpiece and the support surface; and a closing surface having an inclined surface shape and capable of closing a moving-direction front side of the rubber pool portion. A rubber material is ejected from an ejection port in a state where the rubber pool portion is closed by the closing surface, the support surface and the mouthpiece are moved relative to each other after the rubber pool portion is filled with the rubber material, and a lamination starting end of the rubber material is pressed to the closing surface thus molding the lamination starting end into an inclined surface and, thereafter, the closing surface is moved in a direction away from the support surface. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272641 | DRUM FOR PRODUCING A TIRE BLANK | 2018-09-27 |
20180272642 | BELT DRUM DEVICE - A belt drum device | 2018-09-27 |
20180272643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING CONTAINERS - A system is claimed for forming a container from a tubular blank comprising a plurality of panels and flaps interconnected to provide a generally flattened tubular configuration. A first and second panels are provided with the second panel being rotatable relative to the first panel. The system may comprise a first engagement device for engaging the first panel and a second engagement device for engaging the second panel, and being located on a panel rotating apparatus operable to rotate the second panel from an orientation generally parallel to the first panel to a second orientation at an angle to the first panel. The generally flattened tubular blank may be reconfigured from a generally flattened configuration to an open configuration. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272644 | Seamless Spacer Fabrics for Electronic Devices - Electronic equipment may include seamless spacer fabric. Seamless spacer fabric may be used as a protective case or cosmetic cover for an electronic device such as a speaker. A seamless spacer fabric may include a seamless fabric outer layer, a spacer fabric inner layer, and an adhesive layer that bonds the seamless outer layer to the spacer fabric inner layer. The spacer fabric layer may have a seam region where one portion of the spacer fabric layer is joined with another portion of the fabric layer. The seamless fabric outer layer may cover the seam region to hide it from view. One or more additional seam hiding layers or strips may be formed on opposing sides of the spacer fabric layer to cover the seam. The seamless spacer fabric may have an array of openings that extends uniformly around the perimeter of the seamless spacer fabric. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272645 | COMPOSITE GRID STRUCTURE - Grid structure, such as a lattice or grid-stiffened structure and a process of manufacturing such a grid structure. Fiber material is laid up on a base tool to form intersecting ribs defining a grid with a plurality of cavities. In the same step fiber material is laid to form one or more; local substructures. Blocks are placed, at the positions of the cavities. The fiber material of the ribs and the local substructures is impregnated with a resin. Optionally, one or more layers of fiber material are placed on the base tool and/or over the ribs and the blocks to form an outer skin. The ribs, the local substructure and optionally the outer skin jointly consolidated to form, the grid, structure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272646 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE FILM - The invention relates to the use of a structural adhesive film for bonding and sealing a hem flange connection between panels. The structural adhesive film comprises at least one adhesive layer and at least one layer with a porous structure. The adhesive layer comprise an epoxy compound as well as an epoxy curing agent. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272647 | MODULAR REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHOD - The invention relates to modular reinforcement units for use in constructing a reinforcement structure, and associated systems and methods. The modular reinforcement units are designed to allow flexibility of design in the reinforcement structures that can be created for use in a wide variety of applications and products. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272648 | VENEER PANEL WITH THIN THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE LAYER - A veneer panel may comprise a face veneer, a thermally conductive layer, and a backing layer bonded to the thermally conductive layer. The thermally conductive layer may comprise a chemically treated thermally conductive layer. The chemically treated thermally conductive layer may comprise a plurality of first vinyl groups chemically bonded to a first surface of the chemically treated thermally conductive layer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272649 | Multi-Layer NPR Structures - In some aspects, an auxetic structure includes a first sheet and a second sheet, the first sheet defining therein a plurality of first openings in a first pattern, the plurality of first openings providing a first porosity and the second sheet defining therein a plurality of second openings in a second pattern to provide a second porosity. The second sheet is positioned to overlay the first sheet so that the plurality of second openings at least partially occlude the plurality of first openings to define a plurality of third openings in a third pattern, the plurality of third openings defining a third porosity less than that of the first porosity or the second porosity. The second sheet is connected to the first sheet by a plurality of distinct connection elements. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272650 | Apertured Polymeric Film Webs And Absorbent Articles Using Such Webs - Methods for making an apertured polymeric film web or a composite structure web are disclosed. These webs may be utilized as a topsheet in an absorbent article and can provide fluid handling and softness benefits. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272651 | RESIN MOLDING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Regarding a resin molding including embossment | 2018-09-27 |
20180272652 | METHOD OF REINFORCEMENT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Materials and methods is present for manufacturing fiber reinforced parts. A powder material comprising a matrix material of a size particular distribution comprising substantially oriented fiber of a predetermined length distribution and diameter (L/D). A manufactured part that has substantially randomly oriented fiber is provided using an energy delivery system and the powder material. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272653 | INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR MATERIALS FOR AUTOMOBILE COMPRISING POLYESTER RESIN FOAM LAYER AND FIBER LAYER - The present invention relates to interior and exterior materials for an automobile, comprising: a polyester resin foam layer; and a fiber layer laminated on one side or both sides of the polyester resin foam layer. The interior and exterior materials for an automobile can enhance durability and strength, reduce weight, and improve a work environment. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272654 | PLANAR COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A planar composite material comprises an UD fiber layer A made of discrete reinforcing fiber rovings and a fiber nonwoven layer B made of a thermoplastic nonwoven which may contain reinforcing fibers, wherein the layers A and B are needled to each other. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272655 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATED ARTICLE AND DECORATED ARTICLE - A thermal transfer sheet includes a support film and a transfer layer provided on one surface of the support film. The transfer layer at least includes a decorative layer and an adhesive layer provided on an obverse side of the decorative layer. The adhesive layer includes a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer laminated on the first adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is positioned on an obverse side of the second adhesive layer. The first adhesive layer is made of a first resin having thermal plasticity and has a lower viscosity than the second adhesive layer. The second adhesive layer is made of a second resin having thermal plasticity and has a higher glass-transition point than the first adhesive layer. Monomer units constituting the first resin and monomer units constituting the second resin are partly or entirely identical. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272656 | FIBER REINFORCED RESIN PRODUCT - A fiber reinforced resin product includes at least one layer of a first fiber reinforced resin layer in which first reinforcing fibers having a large breaking elongation are contained in a layered form, and at least one layer of a second fiber reinforced resin layer in which second reinforcing fibers having a smaller breaking elongation and a larger tensile strength in comparison with those of the first fiber reinforced resin layer are contained in a layered form. The second fiber reinforced resin layer is positioned outwardly of the first fiber reinforced resin layer. Furthermore, the first fiber reinforced resin layer and the second fiber reinforced resin layer share a single matrix resin in common. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272657 | DISPLAY PART PROTECTOR FOR A SMART DEVICE AND METHOD OF ADHERING THE DISPLAY PART PROTECTOR TO THE SURFACE USING THE DEVICE - Disclosed are a protector having a protecting and restoring function of a display part of a smart device and a method of adhering the display part protector. The display part protector for the smart device according to the present disclosure includes a protector part adhered to at least one of a flat display area, and a curved display area of a smart device having at least one of the flat display area and curved display area and an adhesive layer which is formed by spreading a flow-able adhesive composition between an entire area of a lower surface of the protector part and a display area of the smart device and then curing the flowable adhesive composition and adheres the entire area of the lower surface of the protector part to the flat display area and the curved display area. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272658 | Glass Substrate With Pigmented Ceramic Enamel Layer - A vehicle windshield assembly including a glass layer, a first layer, and a second layer is disclosed. The glass layer has inner and outer surfaces. The first layer contacts the inner surface of the glass layer, and defines voids in the first layer in a shape of a design. The second layer contacts the first layer and occupies the voids. The first and second layers have a color contrast to enhance visibility of the design. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272659 | MODULAR WALL PANELS AND PLANAR STRUCTURES - A modular glass panel comprising a glass structure having at least one thin glass sheet having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 2.0 mm, a backing frame positioned adjacent the glass structure and situated along the perimeter of the glass structure, and a polymer layer intermediate the glass structure and backing frame to adhere the glass structure together with the backing frame. The glass structure can further comprise the at least one thin glass sheet and a second glass sheet having a polymer interlayer therebetween. The backing frame generally has a geometric cross-section with a rounded interior edge adjacent the glass structure to prevent breakage of the structure upon loading or impact of an exterior surface of the structure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272660 | LAMINATED GLASS - There is provided a laminated glass in which reduction in design and productivity due to an overflow portion of an intermediate film is improved. A laminated glass includes: a pair of glass plates facing each other; and an intermediate film having one or more layers provided between the pair of glass plates, in which the intermediate film has an adhesive layer whose storage modulus satisfies, in dynamic viscoelasticity measurement at a measurement frequency of 10 Hz, a requirement (1) in which the storage modulus has a maximum value of 2.3×10 | 2018-09-27 |
20180272661 | INTERLAYER FOR LAMINATED GLASS, AND LAMINATED GLASS - There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which an air bubble can be made difficult to be left behind between a lamination glass member and the interlayer film when laminated glass is obtained. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention contains a thermoplastic resin and has a portion where the amount of increase in the thickness is increased in a direction from one end to the other end in the region where the thickness is increased, has a portion where the amount of increase in the thickness is decreased in a direction from one end to the other end in the region where the thickness is increased, has a portion where the wedge angle is increased in a direction from one end to the other end in the region where the sectional shape in the thickness direction is a wedge-like shape, or has a portion where the wedge angle is decreased in a direction from one end to the other end in the region where the sectional shape in the thickness direction is a wedge-like shape, and the ten-point average roughness Rz of the surface at a center position of the portion where the amount of increase in the thickness is increased, the portion where the amount of increase in the thickness is decreased, the portion where the wedge angle is increased, or the portion where the wedge angle is decreased is 20 μm or more. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272662 | POLY(VINYL ACETAL) RESIN COMPOSITIONS, LAYERS, AND INTERLAYERS HAVING ENHANCED OPTICAL PROPERTIES - A tapered interlayer comprising at least one resin layer and a having tapered zone with a wedge angle of at least 0.13 mrad. The first resin layer comprises a first poly(vinyl acetal) resin and at least one RI balancing agent. The refractive index of the first resin layer is at least 1.480. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272663 | Film Laminate and Interior Trim Part for Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a film laminate ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180272664 | THERMALLY EXPANDABLE SHEET AND THERMALLY EXPANDABLE SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD - A thermally expandable sheet in which a thermally expansive layer that contains a thermally expandable material is formed on one side of a base, and wherethe thermally expansive layer is distended, the base deforms following distension of the thermally expansive layer and the base deforms into an embossed shape. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272665 | MULTILAYER FILMS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a multilayered article comprising a first layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer; where the thermoplastic polymer comprises polyolefin, a compatibilizer and thermoplastic starch; where the first layer does not contain any filler; and a second layer comprising a polyolefin and a filler; where the second layer does not contain any thermoplastic starch. Disclosed herein too is a method of manufacturing a multilayered article comprising coextruding a first layer and a second layer; where the first layer comprises a polyolefin, a compatibilizer and thermoplastic starch and does not contain any filler; where the second layer comprises a polyolefin and a filler and does not contain any thermoplastic starch; and where the first layer contacts the second layer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272666 | MOLDABLE CONTAINER LINER HAVING BARRIER PROPERTIES - The disclosure relates to a liner for containers or packages. The liner includes several polymer layers, exhibits a barrier function (e.g., gas or moisture barrier function), and is peelably attachable to one or more container/package surfaces. When the liner lines a package or container the package or container exhibits the liner's barrier function, and the liner can be peeled from the package or container to facilitate recycling or disposal. The liner is thermoformable, and can thus be either shaped to conform to the shape of a pre-formed container or shaped simultaneously with formation of the container from a precursor material to which the liner is peelably bound, either prior to or during container formation. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272667 | POLYOLEFIN BASED LAMINATED STRUCTURES WITH ELASTIC PROPERTIES - Embodiments of laminated structures include a first film comprising a first polyolefin; an intermediate layer comprising a laminate adhesive, and a second film comprising a second polyolefin. The laminated structures exhibit excellent elastic recovery properties, ensuring that the laminated structure can adapt and hold to the shape of the packaged product. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272668 | LACTIC ACID POLYMER FILMS - A multilayer film comprises (a) two or more non-plasticized layers comprising lactic acid polymer and (b) one or more plasticized layers comprising lactic acid polymer and plasticizer sandwiched between the two or more lactic acid polymer layers; wherein the thickness of the one or more plasticized layers comprises from about 60% to about 70% of the total thickness of the multilayer film. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272669 | PROTECTIVE FILM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND WINDOW ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME - A protective film for an electronic device is introduced. The protective film may comprises a deformable outer layer formed with a synthetic resin; a deformable modified material layer attached with a lower surface of the deformable outer layer, wherein the deformable modified layer is configured to be hardened responsive to receipt of an external stimuli; a deformable inner layer formed with a synthetic resin, attached with a lower surface of the deformable modified material layer; and an adhesive layer adhering to a lower surface of the deformable inner layer. Further, various embodiments can be implemented according to the present disclosure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272670 | PRINTABLE COATINGS FOR FILMS AND LABELS - Disclosed are methods, compositions and structures that, in one example embodiment, is a film that includes a multilayered base film comprising a core and at least one printable coating applied to at least one outer surface of the multi-layered film. The at least one printable coating may include an acrylic-based polymer, and have a dry coating weight is within a range from 0.1 g/m | 2018-09-27 |
20180272671 | Bi-Oriented, Cavitated, Linear, Low-Density Films with Good Sealing Properties - Disclosed are methods, compositions, structures and uses for a biaxially oriented, multilayered film that may include a core layer comprising LLDPE, such as mLLDPE, wherein the core layer is flanked by a first skin layer and a second skin layer. This same type (e.g., melting index, density, and/or melting peak) of LLDPE, or different type(s) or blends thereof may be in the first skin layer and/or the second skin layer, wherein the first skin layer is located on a first side of the core layer, and the second skin layer is located on a second of the core layer, wherein the first side is on an opposite side of the core layer as compared to the second side. The biaxially oriented, multilayered film may have a sealing strength of at least 400 g/cm at 100° C. under a pressure of 41 N/cm | 2018-09-27 |
20180272672 | Coated, Oriented, Linear, Low-Density, Polyethylene Films - Disclosed are biaxially oriented, multilayered films, wherein said films may include a core layer comprising linear, low-density polyethylene, and the core layer is optionally cavitated. Said films may further include a first skin layer on a first side of the core layer, and a second skin layer on a second side of the core layer, wherein the first skin layer and the second skin layer comprise thin layers of linear, low-density polyethylene of a same or different type. Further, said films may include an aqueous-based primer on an outer surface of the second skin layer, wherein the outer surface faces away from the core layer. Further still, said films may include a sealant coating layer on the first skin layer and a barrier coating layer on the second skin layer, wherein the sealant coating layer and the barrier coating layer are aqueous-based. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272673 | Laminate Facing for Fiber Reinforced Materials and Composite Materials Formed Therefrom - The present invention provides a laminate material having a polyester film and a web of polyester fibers cohesively bonded directly thereto, such that portions of the fibers are bonded to the polyester film and portions of the fibers are free from the polyester film. The invention may also include a glass reinforced polymer layer formed on the laminated facer where the polymer of the glass reinforced polymer layer is commingled with the nonwoven of the laminated facer. The laminate may further include a second polymer layer having a thickness joined to the fiber layer and/or a layer of hot melt adhesive applied to the polyester fibers. Also presented is a composite material having a polyester film, a layer of polyester fibers bonded to the second polymer layer; a second polymer layer joined to the polyester film; and a glass reinforced polymer layer formed on the laminated facer, where the polymer of the glass reinforced polymer layer is commingled with the nonwoven of the laminated facer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272674 | THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - There is provided a thermally conductive composite material obtained by dispersing a thermally conductive filler in a matrix. The thermally conductive filler is a mixture including boron nitride particles with an average particle size of 10 μm to 100 μm and aluminum nitride particles with an average particle size that is 1/100 to ½ of the average particle size of the boron nitride particles, a content of the boron nitride particles is 60 volume % to 90 volume % with respect to a total amount of the boron nitride particles and the aluminum nitride particles, a content of the thermally conductive filler is 80 volume % to 95 volume % with respect to a total amount of the composite material, and a porosity of the composite material is 10 volume % or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272675 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER FILM - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a polymer film, the method comprising the steps of: drying a polymer precursor to form a precursor film; and curing the precursor film to form a polymer film, wherein the drying is performed such that the content of a solvent remaining in the precursor film after the drying is 30% or less. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272676 | STRETCH FILM INCORPORATING A SLIP SKIN LAYER - A stretch film incorporating a cling layer and a slip skin layer is provided, the cling layer comprising a 25% to 75% ethylene-based elastomer blend in a metallocene linear low density polyethylene and the slip skin layer comprising an ultra-high molecular weight polysiloxane polymer of between 5% and 10% by weight. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272677 | High Performance Semi-Rigid Wall Protection System - A wall protection system includes a backing layer, an intermediate layer, and a top layer. The intermediate layer is secured to the backing layer and includes a flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The top layer is secured to the intermediate layer and includes a rigid PVC. In various aspects, the PVC of the intermediate layer is rigid relative to the PVC of the top layer. In certain aspects, a method of installing a wall protection system includes thermally bonding a rigid PVC layer to a flexible PVC layer. The method also includes securing a backing layer to the flexible PVC layer such that the rigid PVC layer is a top layer defining an outer surface of the wall protection system, the flexible PVC layer is an intermediate layer, and the backing layer defines an inner surface of the wall protection system. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272678 | SHRINK FILMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF - A multilayer shrink film comprising a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer, wherein the second layer is positioned between the first layer and the third layer, and wherein the second layer comprises a second polymer blend, the second polymer blend comprising from 0 to 60 wt. %, based on the total polymer weight in the second polymer blend, of a low density polyethylene, and from 40 to 100 wt. %, based on the total polymer weight in the second polymer blend, of an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer composition having a density in the range of from 0.860 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc, a melt index (I | 2018-09-27 |
20180272679 | LAMINATED POLYESTER FILM - A laminated polyester film includes a pigment-containing polyester layer A and wax-containing polyester layers B1 and B2 on both sides of the polyester layer A, wherein the film satisfies formulae (I) and (II), and the coefficient of variation of water contact angle for each layer B1 and layer B2 is not less than 0% and not more than 10%, when the contact angle with water is measured 10 times at arbitrary defined positions within the range of 200 mm×200 mm: | 2018-09-27 |
20180272680 | TISSUE PAPER - [Problem] To provide tissue paper excellent in “moistness” and “smoothness”. [Solution] The problem can be solved by tissue paper being two-ply tissue paper, in which a basis weight per one ply is greater than 12.9 g/m | 2018-09-27 |
20180272681 | Method of Forming Three-Dimensional Decorative Cloth on Textile - A method of forming a three-dimensional decorative cloth on a textile comprising steps of: providing a release paper, coating corrosion-resistant adhesive on the release paper in a screen printing manner, drying the corrosion-resistant adhesive; providing a decorative cloth, adhering the corrosion-resistant adhesive of the release paper on the decorative cloth in a heat transfer printing manner; providing a textile, forming an anticorrosive protection layer on the textile, removing the release paper from the decorative cloth, adhering the corrosion-resistant adhesive of the decorative cloth with the anticorrosive protection layer of the textile in a heat pressing manner; forming a corrosion layer on the decorative cloth in a screen printing manner so as to corrode the decorative cloth; washing the textile by water so to eliminate the corrosion layer, and washing the textile by soap so as to remove corroded portion of the decorative cloth. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272682 | Three-Dimensional Article Having Transfer Material Thereon - Three-dimensional articles having a transfer material thereon are disclosed. The articles have a surface having two or more portions that each have a radius of curvature that are at least partially separated by an intermediate portion that has a lesser radius of curvature. The transfer material may be pre-formed and transferred to the surface of the articles and may extend continuously across at least parts of the two portions and the intermediate portion. In some cases, the two or more portions and the intermediate portion are all located on the same portion or face of the article and the intermediate portion is a feature on the surface of the article. In other cases, the two or more portions are located on different portions or faces of the article, and the intermediate portion is an edge between the two or more portions. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272683 | LAYERED INFRARED TRANSMITTING OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - Infrared transmitting glasses bonded into an optical element without interlayer voids by stacking at least two different infrared transmitting glasses inside a vessel where each glass has a different refractive index, a different dispersion, or both, and where the glasses all have similar viscosities, thermal expansion coefficients, and glass transition temperatures; placing a weight on top of the stack; applying a vacuum to the vessel; applying an isostatic pressure of at least 1500 psi; and after releasing the isostatic pressure, annealing at a temperature within 10° C. of the glass transition temperature at a pressure between 0 and 1000 psi. Applying the vacuum, applying the isostatic pressure, and annealing are done sequentially and with no intermediate transitions to ambient temperature or pressure. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272684 | Method for Engraving Aluminium Surfaces - The invention relates to a method including very superficial embossing combined with superficial laminating, which involves a slight reduction in thickness, the method being applied to plates several millimetres thick and to aluminium sheets having a thickness of less than 0.3 mm, supplied, in either case, as independent plates or in a continuous roll. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272685 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT, PART AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURE INCLUDING DISPLACEMENT/VIBRATION WELDED OR HEAT STAKED LAMINATES - A system and method are provided for implementing relatively low temperature joining processes, including displacement/vibration welding techniques and/or heat staking techniques, in a process of building up laminate layers to form and/or manufacture three-dimensional objects, parts and components in additive material (AM) manufacturing systems. A multi-stage 3D object forming scheme is described involving steps of laminate cutting (with lasers or other cutting devices); laminate transport between processing stations (including using one or more of conveyors, robotic pick and place devices and the like); laminate stacking, clamping and adhering through comparatively low temperature welding or other mechanical joining (including displacement/vibration welding or heat staking); and mechanical surface finishing (via CNC machining or other comparable process). | 2018-09-27 |
20180272686 | FILM-LIKE STRUCTURE, FILM REMOVING DEVICE AND FILM REMOVING METHOD - A film-like structure, a film removing device and a film removing method are provided. The film-like structure includes a thin film, and a to-be-removed film arranged on the thin film and having a magnetic region. The film removing device includes: a working table provided with a support surface onto which the film-like structure is placed; and a film moving mechanism provided with a magnetic member and configured to remove the to-be-removed film from the thin film of the film-like structure through a magnetic force. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272687 | SHEET-LAMINATING DEVICE AND SHEET-LAMINATING METHOD - This sheet-laminating device is provided with first and second clamping devices, a first conveyance handler capable of holding a sheet with at least a portion of a periphery thereof protruding, and a control unit. The control unit causes: the first clamping device to move to a first upper position while the sheet laminate is being pressed with the second clamping device; the first conveyance handler, which is holding a first sheet, to move to a standby position above the stage from the direction opposite to the first clamping device with the stage therebetween; the first conveyance handler to be descended toward the stage to laminate the first sheet on the sheet laminate, which is being pressed by the second clamping device; and the first clamping device to be descended toward the stage to press the periphery of the first sheet, which is protruding from the first conveyance handler, toward the stage. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272688 | SLEEVE STATION - A sleeve station dedicated to the assembly of a sleeve and a mandrel for a flexographic press. The sleeve station can be loaded manually, and assembles the sleeve with the mandrel in a vertical orientation when both are in a vertical orientation with aligned axes, avoiding problems caused by the bending of the sleeves during assembly. After loading of the sleeve, it is returned to a horizontal axis orientation. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272689 | PRINTING APPARATUS, LIQUID ABSORBING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - According to an embodiment of this invention, liquid absorption performance of a liquid absorbing member is satisfactorily maintained while suppressing utilization of a moisturizing liquid. More specifically, before an ink image formed on a transfer member by ink discharged from a printhead is transferred, a cyclically movable liquid absorbing member absorbs a liquid component from the ink image formed on the transfer member. On the other hand, a recovery unit arranged on a moving path of the liquid absorbing member recovers absorption performance of the liquid absorbing member by applying the moisturizing liquid to the liquid absorbing member. When applying the moisturizing liquid, a condition on the surface of the liquid absorbing member is estimated and based on a result of the estimation, an application amount of the moisturizing liquid by the recovery unit is controlled. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272690 | PRINTING APPARATUS, LIQUID ABSORBING APPARATUS, AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a liquid absorption unit configured to absorb a liquid component from an ink image formed on a transfer member before transferring the ink image to a print medium. The liquid absorption unit includes a liquid absorbing member configured to absorb the liquid component, a support unit configured to support the liquid absorbing member to be movable cyclically, an applying unit arranged in a moving path of the liquid absorbing member and configured to apply a moisturizing liquid while contacting the liquid absorbing member, and a supply unit configured to supply the moisturizing liquid to the applying unit. The printing apparatus includes a control unit configured to control a supply amount of the moisturizing liquid to the applying unit by the supply unit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272691 | METHOD AND AN ASSEMBLY FOR SUBLIMATION TRANSFER PRINTING - A printing assembly for sublimation transfer printing includes: a feed mechanism by which a web of carrier is fed in a machine direction to a printer; the printer including: a carrier transport unit, controllably movable along a machine direction; digital printing stations for the deposition of sublimation ink or inks onto the carrier; a feed mechanism for the substrate material to be printed; a heat press for transferring the sublimation ink or inks onto the substrate material; and an outlet for the substrate material and used carrier, where the printing stations extend transversally to the machine direction and cover the width of carrier. A method for sublimation transfer printing may use the printing assembly. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272692 | RECORDING SYSTEM, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORT APPARATUS - A recording system includes: a recording apparatus; a post-processing apparatus; and a transport apparatus which transports the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and the transport apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading stand which loads the discharged medium without transporting the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272693 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR PRINTING APPARATUS - The power supply unit includes a circuit substrate including a first layer that is a surface layer being conductive, a first wiring pattern formed of the first layer, a second layer that is conductive, and a second wiring pattern formed of the second layer, and first and second capacitors formed on the first layer. The first capacitor includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The second capacitor includes a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The circuit substrate includes a first electrode connecting the first terminal of the first capacitor to the first wiring pattern, a second electrode connecting the second terminal of the first capacitor to the second wiring pattern, a third electrode connecting the third terminal of the second capacitor to the second wiring pattern, and a fourth electrode connecting the fourth terminal of the second capacitor to the first wiring pattern. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272694 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE, CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, AND HEAD UNIT CONTROL METHOD - A conveyance device includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object, a head unit to perform an operation on the conveyed object being conveyed at a first conveyance speed, a sensor to acquire data of the conveyed object, a gauge to output a measured travel amount of the conveyed object, and a processor. The processor includes a calculator to calculate a detection result including at least one of a position, a speed of travel, and a calculated travel amount of the conveyed object based on the data acquired by the sensor; and an adjusting unit to adjust a timing of acquisition of the data acquired while the conveyed object is conveyed at the first conveyance speed, based on the detection result and the measured travel amount of the conveyed object being conveyed at a second conveyance speed lower than the first conveyance speed. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272695 | PRINTER AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTER - In some examples, a printer includes neighboring nozzle arrays extending across a print zone, each nozzle array of the neighboring nozzle arrays extending along an axis and comprising a first section of nozzles and a second section of nozzles, wherein the second sections of the neighboring nozzle arrays overlap defining an overlap region and the first sections of the neighboring nozzle arrays define non-overlap regions. A controller is to cause printing of a test pattern using the neighboring nozzle arrays, the test pattern comprising a first pattern printed by the second sections of the neighboring nozzle arrays in the overlap region, and a reference pattern printed by a first section of the first sections of the neighboring nozzle arrays in a non-overlap region of the non-overlap regions, receive detected characteristics of the printed test pattern, compare the characteristics of the printed test pattern in the overlap region and in the non-overlap region, and derive alignment information based on the comparing. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272696 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a print head that has a driving element and discharges a liquid, a drive signal generation circuit that generates the drive signal based on a drive signal generation control signal for controlling generation of the drive signal, and a drive circuit substrate on which the drive signal generation circuit is provided. The drive circuit substrate has an input connector that inputs the drive signal generation control signal into the drive circuit substrate and an output connector that outputs the drive signal from the drive circuit substrate. A distance between the input connector and the output connector is shorter than a distance between the drive signal generation circuit and the input connector. The distance between the input connector and the output connector is shorter than a distance between the drive signal generation circuit and the output connector. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272697 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a piezoelectric element driven with a drive signal; a switch circuit which is provided on a circuit substrate; a pressure chamber which is filled with liquid and changes pressure inside in accordance with the drive by the piezoelectric element; and a reserve chamber which reserves the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element is provided in a sealed space defined by a plurality of members including the circuit substrate. The reserve chamber includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel. A first end of the first flow channel communicates with a first end of the second flow channel. A second end of the first flow channel communicates with a second end of the second flow channel. The circuit substrate and switch circuit are provided between the first flow channel and the second flow channel. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272698 | INKJET HEAD, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND DISCHARGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, an actuator configured to change a pressure in the pressure chamber, and a controller configured to apply an expansion signal to the actuator for expanding the pressure chamber, apply, subsequent to at least one expansion signal, a contraction signal to the actuator for contracting the pressure chamber, and apply, while the pressure chamber is contracted, an intermediate signal for contracting the pressure chamber by less than the contraction signal contracts the pressure chamber. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272699 | PRINTHEAD NOZZLE ADDRESSING - Fluid ejection devices with multiple activation modes are disclosed. An example printhead assembly includes a fluid ejection nozzle, a first resistor fluidically coupled to the fluid ejection nozzle, and a second resistor fluidically coupled to the fluid ejection nozzle. The example printhead also includes an addressing circuit to receive a nozzle address and an activation mode to activate the fluid ejection nozzle. The activation mode determines which of the first resistor and the second resistor are to be energized. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272700 | LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a print head that discharges a liquid, a carriage that is mounted on the print head, a control signal generation circuit, a drive signal generation circuit, a first cable through which a drive signal generation control signal is transmitted to the drive signal generation circuit, a second cable through which a drive signal is transmitted to the print head, a control circuit substrate on which the control signal generation circuit is provided, and a drive circuit substrate on which the drive signal generation circuit is provided. The shortest distance between the control circuit substrate and the carriage is longer than the shortest distance between the drive circuit substrate and the carriage. The drive circuit substrate is provided at a position where a region in which the carriage moves and at least a part of the drive circuit substrate overlap each other. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272701 | INKJET HEAD CONTROL APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTER - An inkjet head control apparatus includes a mother substrate, a plurality of daughter substrates connected to a plurality of connectors of the mother substrate, each daughter substrate having a different built-in address, and a communication circuit on the mother substrate and configured to select an address of one of the plurality of daughter substrates, and transmit a control signal including the selected address and information for controlling power supply to an inkjet head to the plurality of connectors. Each of the plurality of daughter substrates includes a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not the selected address corresponds to the built-in address of the daughter substrate, and a voltage generating circuit configured to generate a direct current (DC) voltage for driving the inkjet head based on the control signal when it is determined that the selected address corresponds to the built-in address. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272702 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit configured to drive the actuator, a wiring connector having a plurality of terminals spaced from each other along a first direction, a first temperature sensor connected to a first terminal in the plurality of terminals, the first terminal being on a first end side of the wiring connector in the first direction, and a second temperature sensor connected to a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being on a second end side of the wiring connector, the second end side being opposite to the first end side in the first direction. The drive circuit is connected to a third terminal line of the plurality of terminals, the third terminal being between the first end side and the second end side in the first direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272703 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit on a circuit board configured to drive the actuator, a flow path of liquid circulating, a first temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature on a surface on the circuit board proximate to the drive circuit, and a second temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a liquid on the flow path of liquid circulating. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272704 | INK JET PRE-FIRE WAVEFORM CONTROL - A method, includes receiving native image data at a processor for a printing system having a jet stack including a nozzle plate with an array of jets, formatting the native image data by pixels for each jet within the array of jets to produce ordered image data, scanning the ordered image data to determine timing and frequency of any pre-fire sequences needed for each jet, replacing a portion of the ordered image data for jets that need pre-fire sequences with a predetermined trigger sequence followed by a number and pattern of pre-fire pulses to produce modified image data, and transmit the modified image data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272705 | DRIVING WAVEFORM GENERATING DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND DRIVING WAVEFORM GENERATING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a driving waveform generating device comprises an input module, a setting module, and a generating module. The input module inputs setting data for setting a driving waveform. The setting module sets an order of waveforms constituting the driving waveform based on the setting data for the driving waveform of each gradation. The generating module generates the driving waveform of a desired gradation based on the setting. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272706 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid discharge head comprises a number of times controller and a discharge amount controller. The number of times controller controls the number of times droplets are discharged for one pixel based on input image data. The discharge amount controller controls a discharge amount of the droplet based on the image data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272707 | INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, an actuator corresponding to the pressure chamber and configured to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a drive circuit configured to drive the actuator causing two or more ink droplets to be consecutively discharged from the nozzle. The drive circuit applies in sequence a first drive waveform for expanding the pressure chamber, a second drive waveform having a first pulse width, a third drive waveform for releasing the pressure chamber from an expanded state, a fourth drive waveform having a second pulse width, and a fifth drive waveform for contracting the pressure chamber. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272708 | INK-JET HEAD HAVING PASSAGE UNIT AND ACTUATOR UNITS ATTACHED TO THE PASSAGE UNIT, AND INK-JET PRINTER HAVING THE INK-JET HEAD - A printhead module includes a plurality of rows of printhead nozzles, at least some of the rows including at least one displaced row portion, the displacement of the row portion including a component in a direction normal to that of a pagewidth to be printed, wherein the displaced row portions of at least some of the rows are different in length than the displaced row portions of at least some of the other rows. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272709 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle to discharge a liquid, an individual chamber communicating with the nozzle, a supply channel communicating with the individual chamber to supply the liquid to the individual chamber, and a discharge channel communicating with the individual chamber to discharge the liquid in the individual chamber. A fluid resistance of the supply channel is greater than a fluid resistance of the discharge channel. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272710 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes an ejecting section including a pressure chamber filled with liquid, a communicating flow channel communicating with a nozzle which ejects the liquid filling the pressure chamber, and a piezoelectric element driven with a drive signal, a circuit substrate provided above the ejecting section, a switch circuit which is provided on the circuit substrate, and a reserve chamber which reserves the liquid to be supplied to the pressure chamber. The piezoelectric element is provided in a sealed space defined by a plurality of members including the circuit substrate, the pressure chamber includes an inlet port allowing the liquid within the reserve chamber to flow into the pressure chamber, an outlet port allowing the liquid within the pressure chamber to flow to the reserve chamber, and a supply port allowing the liquid within the pressure chamber to be supplied to the communicating flow channel. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272711 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD CHIP, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD CHIP - According to an embodiment, an ink jet head (liquid ejecting head) includes an actuator plate and a cover plate (see FIG. | 2018-09-27 |
20180272712 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD CHIP, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD CHIP - Channel grooves for a discharge channel and a non-discharge channel are formed in the surface of an actuator plate by cutting. The discharge channel includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion, and the non-discharge channel also includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion. In an embodiment, an electrode clearance groove is formed in advance by cutting with a dicing blade or the like. After the electrode clearance groove is formed, an electrode is formed by plating. Since plating is performed after the electrode clearance groove is formed, a clearance groove electrode is integrally formed with an AP-side common pad in the electrode clearance groove, and thus the clearance groove electrode and the AP-side common pad are short-circuited. Thus, an electrode separation portion is formed by cutting a short-circuited portion of the clearance groove electrode and the AP-side common pad through cutting or irradiation with laser. | 2018-09-27 |